3.RYK guidelines - Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu - Centre for Good Governance

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Important Definitions
and Laws
11.1 Definitions
i. Labour Force: Labour force constitutes all the persons who are either working
(or employed) or seeking or available for work (or unemployed).
ii. Unemployment: People who are in the age group of 15-59 years and
economically active but couldn’t find a job despite active search for it are
considered to be unemployed.
iii. Underemployment: is a situation in which a worker is employed, but not in
the desired capacity, whether in terms of compensation, hours, or level of skill
and experience. While not technically unemployed, the underemployed are
often competing for available jobs.
iv. Unorganised Sector: Means an enterprise owned by individuals or selfemployed
workers and engaged in the production or sale of goods or providing
service of any kind whatsoever and where the enterprise employs workers, the
number of such workers is less than ten.
v. Unorganised Worker: Means a home-based worker, self-employed worker or
a wage worker in the unorganised sector and includes a worker in the organised
sector who is not covered by any of the following Acts
1. The workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923)
2. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (94 of 1947)
3. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948)
4. The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
(19 of 1952)
5. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961)
6. The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 (39 of 1972)
vi. Unskilled Work: is a job that involves the performance of simple duties, which
require the experience of little of no independent judgment or previous
experience although familiarity with the occupational environment is necessary.
vii. Semi-skilled Work: is a work generally of routine nature wherein the major
skill requirement is not for the judgment but for proper discharge of duties
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